Minnesota Public Radio, which broke the story and closely followed the racoon’s climb from its headquarters less than a block away, branded the animal #mprraccoon.

“This poor raccoon apparently got itself stranded on a ledge of the Town Square office building in downtown St Paul, likely on an errant mission to raid pigeon nests on the skyway over 7th Street. It’s been there for two days now, without food or water,” Minnesota Public Radio reporter Tim Nelson wrote on Twitter.

The racoon’s odyssey was watched with trepidation and excitement on social media.

“There’s something tragic and inspiring about a poor, starved, and dehydrated raccoon refusing to give up and scaling a high rise building just to survive. Life is precious and worth fighting for,” one Twitter user wrote.